Vilets majandusseis on suuresti ka koloniaalajastu pärand, mille suureks tagajärjeks on monokultuursus, mistõttu võib mingi toote hinna langus, millele riik keskendub, saada poliitilisele stabiilsusele saatuslikuks. Kõige edukam oli Elevandiluurannik, mis kahekordistas enda SKT 1960.-80. aastatel – seda kutsuti ka Aafrika vitriiniks. Selle päästis mitme majandusharu arendamine ning tänuväärne osa sellest oli esimesel presidendil Felix Houphouet-Boigny, kes oli võimul enda surmani 1993. aastani. Ta oli sündinud 1905. a istanduseomanikust hõimuliidri poeg, kes õppis Euroopas arstiks. Ta suutis riiki kõva käega koos hoida ning valitses autoritaarselt, aga tuli hästi toime, nii et riik sattus kaosesse, kui ta suri. Kakao hinna langedes loodi ka väärispuidu- ja konservitööstus ning hakati isegi merest naftast pumpama. Koloniaalajastust pärineb ka
After World War II, these same Jews had nothing but skeletal remains of their bodies. They scratched, they clawed, they said “Never Again” will I put myself where a demented group or man would massacre my people. “Never Again.” The over $375 billion that African countries owe were used in purchasing expensive cars, buying mansions and palaces in European countries and putting the money in Swiss banks. In Ivory Coast, the former and late President of that country, Houphet-Boigny, spent over $1 billion to build a church cathedral. That is a country where the per capita income is less tha $500 per annum. Yet, this country spent that kind of money to erect a so-called “white elephant” that has now become meaningless, monument which has not done anything to uplift the standard of living of the people. BLACK DEPENDENCY In most African countries, there is no good drinking water, no good roads, no electricity, no good health care
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